‘Can I ever forgive Fisher?’ Have you ever been swimming with eels? A nightmare for some, a strange fascination for my friend and me. We spent last night sampling treats and tipples in the “Buckingham Palace of pie shops”. The year is 1862: the Cooke family built a temple to pies and eels just down from the newly built railway ...

‘The British night out has never been more dynamic’ The Marquis of Landsdowne is utterly transformed. Teal surrounds us, from the matching ’70s tables and banquets to tiles (a nod to Victoriana) walls and backsplashes. Part club, part pub, the crowd is spirited, the drinks are strong and the music is loud, coursing through your epidermis as you try to ...

‘Joyous venue with staff and style to match’ Rare is it that an unclean adjective is used to describe food. As Christina Aguilera puts it in her hit song ‘Dirty’, making mud pies as a child and the shame-filled takeaway after a heavy night out, some of the best things in life are just that… filthy. Inside the Three Compasses ...